Improvement in bed-lounges



L. WUNSCH, H. STUHLR'EYER & L SCHw'A RZ.

Improvement in Bed-Lounges No. 126,862, PatentedMayl4,1 872.

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LOUIS WUNSOH, HUBERT STUHLREYER, AND JACOB SOHWARZ, or cinem- NATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,862, dated May 14, 1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Convertible Lounges, by LOUIS WUNseH, HUBERT STUHLREYER, and JACOB (sflllilwmz, all of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,

Our invention is designed as an improvement in those convertible beds and lounges which have two separate mattresses, of which the lower and stationary one is congealed by the upper and shiftable one when the article of furniture is used as a lounge, the two being in our improvement so formed and connected that a simple pull forward of the upper mattress brings it in front of and on a level with the stationary mattress, and a simple push backward restores the said mattress to its superimposed position without the necessity of being lifted bodily upward, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a convertible lounge and bed embodying our improvement, the article of furniture being in its normal' or closed condition. Fig. 2 shows it opened for a bed. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sections, showing the positions which the mattresses occupy with reference to one another when they are in their closed and opened conditions respectively. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of one end of the lounge-frame.

A represents the stationary frame of the device,having customary legs or feet 13, and an upholstered back, 0. The portion of the rame which supports the bolster of the bed, or, in other words, the head-board D, is divided as follows: Extending upward and rearward from the extreme front and lower edge of said board is an incline, d, which connects with a horizontal portion, d, having at its rear end another incline, d, which terminates in a ver-.

tical projection, E. The other portion F of thehead-board is an exact counterpart of the portion E, and has two inclines, ff, a horizontal portion, f, and a vertical portion, G. The lower end H of the frame M is an exact duplication of the upper end, as shown at h h h in Fig. 4, the only difference being that the vertical members E and G are omitted. The stationary frame A is furnished with a number of customary helical springs, I, for the support of the mattress J, whose elevated portion, J, is maintained in position by the inclined board K, or by an inclined frame and webbing. Underneath the support K is a receptacle, L, for containing pillows and other small articles pertaining to the bed. M is the shiftable frame, to whose ends the previouslydescribed members F f f f G H h h h are attached, and saidframe supports upon springs N a mattress, O 0, which corresponds in shape with the one J J. Secured near the midlengths of the inclined parts f and h of the head and foot boards of the bed are hooks P, which are adapted to traverse the bent rods R r S s, which latter are attached, respectively, to the stationary members D and T of said head and foot boards. Secured to the stationary members of the head and foot boards are guides U, which prevent longitudinal displacement of the two frames A and M, and also maintain the latter in its proper position with reference to the former while being shifted. Rollers V, let into themembersD and T, facilitate the shifting of the movable frame with its accessories. Small wheels b areattached to the lower ends of the legs B, which wheels are capable of rotating in a plane longitudinal of the lounge.

When in its normal or closed position for use as alounge the various parts are disposed, as in Figs. 1 and 3 5 audit will be seen that the divided members composing the head and foot boards are brought closely together so as not to expose any gap or opening between them, and that the mattress J J is concealed beneath the mattress O 0. To convert this article of furniture into a bed, it is only neces sary to draw the shiftable frame M forward until the hooks P reach the extreme lower and forward ends of the guide-bars R r S 8. When thus shifted, the front and lower edge of frame M rests upon the floor, and the two mattresses J J and 0 0 are brought into the same horizontal plane, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, thereby affording a commodious bed of sufficient capacity for two persons. The provision of rollno danger of the frame A being disturbed or shifted in the operation.

While describing our preferred form, we do not desire to restrict ourselves rigidly thereto; for example, a groove on one part and studs or rollers on the other part may replace the parts at d d,fff", h h h, V, R r, S s, and P. These parts or their equivalents are necessary to prevent the mattresses being separated from one another in opening; to facilitate the closure Without bodily lifting of the movable portion; and when closed to prevent such portion being accidentally lifted or tipped by a heavy weight on one end or corner thereof.

We claim as new and of our invention- The combination of the stationary frame A and movable frame M with inclines df, rollers V, to aid in raising one upon the other, as explained. In testimony of which invention we hereunto Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

